Kuroko's Basketball template: the king of slacking off, Shohoku's strongest sixth man.

That exclamation of "You big idiot!"

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I don't know if they're criticizing Sakuragi or Kiyota.

Or perhaps it's killing two birds with one stone.

Kiyota Nobunaga gritted his teeth when he saw Rukawa Kaede:

"Rukawa Kaede! Don't get cocky!"

"What I was just saying was... Rukawa Kaede isn't the best rookie at all!"

"The best newcomer in Kanagawa can only be me!"

At that moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly stopped laughing.

He walked up to Rukawa Kaede and crossed his arms.

He nodded with a serious expression, as if discussing some academic issue:

"Yes, I think so too."

Kiyota Nobunaga was stunned.

He never expected that his red-haired arch-enemy would agree with his point of view.

Is this what they call...great minds think alike?

"Hmph, you do have some good taste..."

Just as Kiyota was about to praise Sakuragi, he saw Sakuragi grab the basketball from the ground with one hand.

"Rukawa Kaede, that stinky fox, is definitely not the best rookie."

Sakuragi's eyes suddenly sharpened, and his entire demeanor changed abruptly.

It's as if he switched from being the protagonist of a comedy manga to the protagonist of a shonen manga.

"because……"

"Bang!"

A loud bang.

The basketball slammed heavily onto the floor, bouncing so high that it even reached above Sakuragi's waist, demonstrating tremendous power.

The next second, Sakuragi Hanamichi moved.

There were no fancy crotches, no unnecessary movements.

It's pure, extreme—fast!

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

He switched the basketball rapidly between his left and right hands.

Although the posture still looks a bit stiff, it's not as smooth as Kiyota's.

But the sheer power and astonishing frequency of the attack made everyone present gasp in shock.

This is a dribbling technique that Lin Bei specifically taught Sakuragi during special training.

It doesn't need to be pretty.

As long as we're fast, as long as we're aggressive, as long as we don't lose possession!

"this……"

Kiyota Nobunaga's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets; his worldview had been shaken.

"How can this complete novice have such a knack for the ball?!"

The gasps from the audience were even louder than before.

"Hey, hey, isn't that red-haired guy all about rebounding?"

"That dribbling speed...it's terrifying! It feels like it's going to smash through the floor!"

The Sakuragi Army in the stands were laughing so hard they were doubled over.

"Hahaha! That Hanamichi guy has actually learned to be arrogant!"

"Looks like Lin Bei's special training is working!"

Yohei Mito wiped away the tears of laughter, but a hint of relief flashed in his eyes.

Sakuragi finishes dribbling and catches the ball with one hand.

He struck what he considered an incredibly cool pose, pointing his thumb at himself:

"You're right, wild monkey."

"Rukawa Kaede is not the best rookie."

Kiyota Nobunaga nodded subconsciously: "You're right..."

The two spoke in unison, pointing to themselves simultaneously, their movements perfectly synchronized:

"Because... I'm the best newcomer!!!"

The two sounds overlapped and echoed in the stadium, making people's eardrums buzz.

Rukawa Kaede stood aside, watching these two clowns.

His lips twitched slightly, and in the end he only uttered two words:

"idiot."

Just as this "three-way melee" was about to escalate into a full-blown brawl.

A lazy figure yawned and strolled slowly past the three of them.

Lin Bei had his hands in his pockets, his eyes glazed over.

He was obviously looking for a place to catch up on his sleep, but was woken up by the noise from here.

"Excuse me, please. Don't block my way and prevent me from breathing fresh air."

Lin Bei acted as if he were strolling in his own backyard, completely ignoring the three people who were on the verge of exchanging blows.

Kiyota Nobunaga, with his sharp eyes, called out to him:

"Hey! You, number 16! Don't go anywhere!"

"And you! Don't be so arrogant!"

"You're not the best newcomer either!"

"Don't think you're so great just because you beat Shohoku and Ryonan. You're all trash compared to us, Hainan!"

Lin Bei stopped and slowly turned around.

He tilted his head, looking at the excited Kiyota Nobunaga with a blank expression, as if three question marks had appeared above his head.

"???"

"I?"

Lin Bei pointed to himself, then sighed helplessly, his tone as if he were coaxing a disobedient nephew.

"What's the Best Newcomer award?"

"I'm just a Kamen Rider who's passing by."

"Huh? What the hell?"

Kiyota Nobunaga was completely bewildered; his CPU couldn't keep up.

Before he could react, Lin Bei suddenly reached out his hand.

The movements seemed slow, yet they possessed a kind of magic.

The basketball that Sakuragi Hanamichi was holding had somehow ended up in Lin Bei's hands.

"Since you're so energetic..."

Lin Bei weighed the basketball in his hand, a barely perceptible green electric light flashing in his eyes.

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He was standing at the center logo position.

There was still a full half-court distance to the basket.

There was no running start, no preparatory movement.

Lin Bei simply and casually raised the ball above his head with one hand, and then...

He jumped up and pushed.

The movements were so precise, like something out of a textbook, yet they carried a strange sense of incongruity.

Because the angle at which this shot was released was ridiculously high!

The basketball left his hand, but instead of flying towards the basket, it flew straight towards the dome of the stadium!

"What is he doing?!"

"Is that ball thrown into the air? Are you trying to shoot a bird?"

"Have you given up on treatment?"

Kiyota Nobunaga stared wide-eyed, his neck aching from looking up.

His eyes were fixed on the orange basketball.

The basketball rose higher and higher...

It seemed as if it wanted to break through the roof of the stadium and fly into outer space to stand shoulder to shoulder with the satellite.

The entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone craned their necks, mouths agape, staring at the basketball that blatantly defied the laws of physics.

Time seemed to have been paused at that moment.

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

Just when everyone thought the ball was bound to hit the stands or shatter the headlights...

The basketball finally reached its peak and began to fall.

It has a breathtaking vertical acceleration.

Like a meteorite falling from the sky, it plummeted straight towards the Hainan team's basket.

"Whoosh!!!"

A crisp, clear sound of net swishing exploded in everyone's ears.

Hollow into the network!

The net surged violently like white waves, making a crisp "snap" sound, as if cheering for the basket.

The basketball lands, bounces, and lands again.

Apart from that, there was absolutely no sound from the entire room.

There was a deathly silence; you could hear even your own breathing.

Kiyota Nobunaga kept his head tilted back, his mouth agape wide enough to fit a light bulb.

He was completely frozen, his mind blank.

Maki Shinichi's calm expression instantly crumbled, and his pupils trembled violently.

The towel in Jin Soichiro's hand fell to the ground.

In the stands, Kenji Fujima suddenly stood up, causing his chair to overturn with a loud crash.

Sendoh Akira's lemon tea got crushed in his hand, and he didn't even notice the juice spilling all over his hand.

"What...what is this...?"

I don't know who uttered the first trembling murmur.

Immediately afterwards, the entire stadium erupted like a volcano!

Holy crap!!!

"Half-court?! That's a mid-court shot?!"

"And that curve...didn't Newton care about it?!"

"At that height, the ball must have been flying for at least three seconds, right?!"

"Is this a ball that a human could throw?!"